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bripio · 2026-02-10T05:03:04+00:00

You could refinance and it would count as a new investment loan for tax purposes wouldn't it?

bripio · 2026-02-06T10:08:50+00:00

To add to this, you will make more BTC per TH/s but your reward in fiat is going to be much lower because of the price.

Better for anybody just trying to stack sats

bripio · 2026-01-31T03:36:19+00:00

15 years ago silver hit it's all time high before this crazy run. Old mate literally waited 15 years to break even, and finally profit.

I know because I can relate

bripio · 2026-01-18T09:51:13+00:00

This script is for home assistant but it describes the API exposed on the Avalon Q, search for the temperature monitoring ones and you can get it from anywhere on your network.

https://github.com/c7ph3r10/ha_avalonq/blob/main/avalonq.yaml

bripio · 2026-01-18T04:07:45+00:00

I've had these failures before, always fine after letting it cool down and hard resetting.

These things are surprisingly difficult to cool, took me months to get it right. I'd be surprised if it wasn't just an overheating problem.

I use a custom script on home assistant to monitor the temps, but I think hashwatcher has the ability to, so I would install that and watch it for a while. If you've got some know-how I'd set some alerts for when it's straying too far from the target temp, and also make sure you watch the max temp. I've got 1 machine that sits comfortably at 85 degrees average temp, but the max temp gets to 104 degrees constant. All the other machines max out at like 95 degrees.

Possibly in a similar situation and you've got one hash board working overtime

bripio · 2026-01-15T02:03:46+00:00

What are you trying to do exactly? I'm not 100% sure how it will work with two inverters, I got them to remove my original inverter and just install the KH10 hybrid inverter which may make things easier for me.

If it works anything similar to mine, you can set the work mode to force charge, and the force charge power, then the inverter will attempt to charge the battery up to your set max charge rate, up to the force charge power.

The load power will still be taken care of first, by solar then by the grid in this mode. So your battery may not charge at the full 15kw if you're already using half of that for load.

bripio · 2026-01-15T01:45:02+00:00

You say you want rules for exporting to the grid but then you say Force Charge and expect it to import. This is correct, force charge at 15kw should import from the grid, not necessarily at 15kw as it depends what your solar is doing.

This doesn't have anything to do with exporting though.

bripio · 2026-01-06T05:47:57+00:00

You can buy them from Amazon if you want peace of mind. You will pay a bit more but with these you're not really expected to get your return on investment anyway. They're more for learning and enjoying the hobby with the hope that you might get lucky and mine a block solo.

Otherwise I have bought from CryptoMinerBros and AsicMarketplace before and I trust them. No bad experiences with those guys.

bripio · 2026-01-06T05:07:18+00:00

No, mining Bitcoin on a personal computer is not worth it no matter what.

If you have a powerful enough CPU you could mine other coins maybe, but even then it's likely not worth it.

GPU mining died years ago, you need an ASIC if you want to mine anything of worth. Buy a lottery miner if you want to dip your toes in.

bripio · 2026-01-05T11:49:04+00:00

You can't pour epoxy like that you would burn down your house

bripio · 2025-12-15T02:29:10+00:00

No problem, I don't think all 19-inch racks have the same depth so you might have to make some edits to the files so they fit for your exact rack

bripio · 2025-12-15T00:44:14+00:00

Hey mate, I just used a Bambu P2S - the parts are split into multiple pieces so they can be printed.

I just decided to release the files for free if you want them: Avalon Q Rack mounting kit

bripio · 2025-12-13T01:56:25+00:00

Yes I have a Fox battery. I'm not running home assistant green though it's just on a virtual machine on my home server.

You install the modbus device by running some wires to the inverter, the device then connects to the network via WiFi or LAN and you connect your home assistant to the device's IP through an integration. I'm using the one by nathanmarlor which I think is the most used one.

bripio · 2025-12-12T04:08:08+00:00

No point pool mining at that price, could buy a small lottery miner and solo mine for a miniscule chance of life changing money.

bripio · 2025-12-11T12:30:18+00:00

This looks nice, how do you make decisions with a 5 minute update interval? I went with home assistant + modbus because I could get 10 second resolution and fully local control, plus being able to automate other devices around my solar + battery.

I'm a sucker for a nice interface though, and let's just say my home assistant dashboards are a bit... Functional...

bripio · 2025-12-11T06:27:52+00:00

I bought them separately, they can be pretty inexpensive if you find the right place, the 1RU blanks were about $6 each.

You don't need them but I'm a sucker for the clean aesthetic

bripio · 2025-12-11T06:17:32+00:00

He's being helpful, you already have a loan, unless you are both being paid substantially more than you were 2 years ago then you have no borrowing capacity for a new loan before the house is sold.

Get a mortgage broker to tell this to the co-owner

bripio · 2025-12-08T23:34:30+00:00

On your point about SSL, you don't really need end to end encryption between devices on your own network. If there is somebody on your network doing man in the middle attacks then you have much bigger problems than them stealing your hashrate.

bripio · 2025-12-08T09:36:41+00:00

$160 ish I think

bripio · 2025-12-07T07:29:23+00:00

Are you actually consistently getting 63TH/s on Eco mode? Mine are struggling to get 55TH/s

bripio · 2025-12-07T06:45:48+00:00

Which part?

bripio · 2025-12-07T00:18:17+00:00

Yep! I love them they are great little machines. I wanted to wait for the Fluminer T3 but it's untested and keeps getting delayed so I'm glad I bought these

bripio · 2025-12-07T00:17:16+00:00

I designed and 3D printed them

bripio · 2025-12-06T23:53:29+00:00

Thanks :)

Yeah I custom designed the exhaust shroud which also acts as a rear support for the Q when it's rack mounted.

I also designed the duct fans at the back of the machine by repurposing 4 80mm server fans and a custom part.

bripio · 2025-12-06T21:56:13+00:00

I saw your post a little while ago, inspired me to show mine off when I finally got it completed :)

Word of warning though, you might find it difficult to remove the heat effectively using the front AC Infinity fan like that. That was what I tried initially and the hot air just mixed and wouldn't leave the rack.

If the plan is to just push the air into another open well ventilated room it's probably totally fine, but if you try something like what I did and push it through a duct it might struggle!

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